#136
Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus
Easy
Photographed
Distribution
Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Size
- 25–37 cm (standing)
- Weight
- 2–4 kg
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Lifespan
- 5–10 yrs
- Habitat
- Farmyards, Villages, Gardens
About
The domesticated descendant of the red junglefowl and the most numerous bird on Earth. Kept worldwide for eggs and meat, with hundreds of breeds differing widely in size, colour and comb shape.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.
